期刊名称：Shima : The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures
印刷版ISSN：1834-6049
电子版ISSN：1834-6057
出版年度：2019
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：44-55
DOI：10.21463/shima.13.1.06
出版社：Island Cultures Research Centre, Division of Humanities, Macquarie University
摘要：This article makes distinctions between stories of islands and island history, between descriptions of individual islands and the subject matter of Island Studies. St Helena is used as the case study, not during its days on the global stage as the prison for Napoleon, but earlier, when it was a revictualing station for East India Company ships returning from the Orient. Events and stories on St Helena during this period are seen to be part of a much wider historical setting of global trade and nascent imperialism. International contestation played a role, too, with the island changing hands twice in 1673 when the Dutch conquerors were displaced by the English navy. Following recapture, the earlier attempts of the East India Company to establish a utopian society on their island were abandoned and a harsh regime imposed, which was met with sedition, mutiny and a slave rebellion. The article concludes with a discussion of the growing realisation of the significance of St Helena and other islands to the study of imperial history.
关键词：Islands; History; St Helena; East India Company; Slavery
